NOUN: "any of various small usually biting dipteran flies" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "any of various small usually biting dipteran flies" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
2. (British usage) mosquito

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DIPTERAN (noun)
1. insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
VARIOUS (adjective)
1. distinctly dissimilar or unlike
2. considered individually

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